Course detail
Industrial Wastewater Treatment
FAST-NPB021Acad. year: 2025/2026
Subject is concerned to wastewater treatment. Main aim is to interpret industrial wastewater treatment technologies. After two introductory chapters dealing with alternative schemes of industrial wastewater treatment plants follow chapters elaborating in detail: processing of sugar, producing of drinkables, processing of fruit and vegetables, processing of meat and poultry, dairy industry. Graduate students are introduced with technology of processing uniform products, with source of wastewaters, recommended technologies of treatment and designed characteristics.
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Rules for evaluation and completion of the course
Aims
Student will manage wastewater treatment focused to food processing industry.
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Classification of course in study plans
- Programme NPC-SIV Master's 2 year of study, winter semester, compulsory-optional
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Syllabus
- 1. Preamble to wastewater treatment from food industry.
- 2. Technologies of production, source of wastewater, recommended treatment technologies, alternative schemes of industrial wastewater treatment plants.
- 3. Physical processes used for industrial wastewater treatment, chemical processes used for industrial wastewater treatment.
- 4. Biological processes used for industrial wastewater treatment.
- 5. Excursion – brewery water treatment.
- 6. Excursion – vinary water treatment.
- 7.–8. Wastewater treatment from sugar processing, drinkables production, processing of fruit and vegetables.
- 9.–10. Wastewater treatment from processing of meat and poultry, from dairy industry, processing and final disposal of sludge.
Exercise
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Syllabus
- 1. Introduction. Entering essay.
- 2. Example 1 – Calculation of amount and quality of industial wastewater
- 3. Example 2 – Technological scheme of WWTP from bewerage industry
- 4. Example 3 – Technological scheme of WWTP from vegetable and fruit procesing industry
- 5. Example 4 – Technological scheme of WWTP from meat processing industry
- 6. Example 4 – Technological scheme of WWTP from dairy industry
- 7.–9. Submitting and presentation of seminar papers.
- 10. Credit.